# rainmeter/rainmeter

Desktop customization tool for Windows

Repository: https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rainmeter
Homepage: https://rainmeter.net
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:20:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5268, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 105, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5950, forks 636 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.708221+00:00)

## What it is
Rainmeter is a free, open-source desktop customization tool for Windows that displays customizable skins on the desktop, ranging from hardware usage meters to audio visualizers. Skins are built from measures (data sources) and meters (visual elements) using Rainmeter's own simple scripting language, with Lua support and a plugin system.

## Use cases
- customize my windows desktop with widgets
- display cpu and ram usage on my desktop
- add a weather widget to my desktop
- create desktop audio visualizer
- show rss feeds or clock on desktop
- build custom desktop skins
- replace windows desktop gadgets

## When to choose
- you want a highly customizable, free desktop widget platform on Windows
- you want to create or tweak your own skins with a simple scripting language
- you want lightweight software that runs on Windows 7 through 11
- you want a large community of ready-made skins and suites

## When to avoid
- you are on macOS or Linux - Rainmeter is Windows-only
- you need a cross-platform widget solution
- you want a zero-configuration product rather than a toolkit requiring skin setup

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, ui-components, plugin-system, monitoring, data-visualization
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: desktop-customization, skins, widgets, system-monitoring, lua-scripting, open-source, desktop

## Member repositories
- rainmeter/rainmeter (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.708221+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:50:43.497492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.708221+00:00, sha 4e8fe278c374)
  - homepage: https://rainmeter.net (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:18.682901+00:00, sha f93baf3d086b)
  - site_page: https://docs.rainmeter.net (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:18.691326+00:00, sha 81769e0b562c)
  - site_page: https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:18.693386+00:00, sha a4d0312b0d2d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.